Congratulations to the 31 Finalists of the 2025 Scholarship Competition!
The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation is delighted to announce the 31 finalists of its 2025 Scholarship Competition. These doctoral students have distinguished themselves from more than 680 applicants, and come from various regions of Canada and abroad. The selected Scholars will benefit from generous funding for their research, as well as a research and travel allowance. But more than that, they will have the opportunity to be part of a unique and inspiring community of researchers and practitioners.
As we approach the final stage of our rigorous selection process, we congratulate all finalists on their remarkable achievements. Final interviews will take place in mid-March. Stay tuned for the unveiling of the 2025 Scholars in May!
The 2025 Finalists
(From left to right and top to bottom)
- Harshvir Bali (University of Toronto – Human Geography)
- Julien Beaulieu (Imperial College of London – Environmental Sciences, Law, Economics, Public Policy Analysis)
- Carolyn Belanger (University of Alberta – Indigenous Health Autonomy)
- Rennie Bimman (McGill University – Social Work)
- Emily Berg (University of Alberta – Public Health)
- Philippe Boucher (Carleton University – Legal Studies (Interdisciplinarity between Criminal Law, Sociology, Criminology, Indigenous Studies)
- Natasha Bruno (University of Toronto – Health Systems Research)
- Adin Chan (Oxford University – International Relations)
- Leah Davis (McGill University – Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering / AI Ethics)
- Kelsey Doyle (University of British Columbia – Visual Anthropology, Indigenous Knowledge, Environmental Studies, Political Science, and Media)
- Stephanie Erickson (University of Victoria – English and Indigenous Studies with a concentration in Cultural, Social, and Political Theory)
- Jenise Finlay (University of Victoria – Nursing; Public and Population Health)
- Ayla Gerk Rangel (McGill University – Surgical and Interventional Sciences)
- Pablo Ernesto Gershanik (Concordia University – Individualized Studies Program (INDI))
- Gabrielle Leblanc Huard (Laval University – Social Work)
- Preston Jordan Lim (University of Toronto – Law)
- Iliana Loupessis (University of Ottawa – Human Ecology, Environmental Studies, Communication and Information Technology)
- Francesco MacAllister-Caruso (Concordia University – Political Science)
- Marc-André Marion-Flamand (Laval University – Language Neuroscience, Gerontology, Linguistics, Neurobiology, Phonetics)
- Milad Moghaddas (University of Toronto – Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management)
- Vineetha Nalla (University of Toronto – Urban Planning and Geography)
- Tyler Paetkau (University of British Columbia – Public and Population Health)
- Mike Ross (Concordia University – Interdisciplinary: Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, Management, Religion, Applied Humanities)
- Leah Schmidt (University of Cambridge – Gender Studies)
- Dario Sidhu (UCLA – Political Science)
- Cameron Sparling (University of Toronto – English Literature and Theory)
- Rebecca Swainson (University of Guelph – Geography)
- Michelle Sylvestre (University of Lethbridge – AI Ethics, Indigenous Studies, Gender Studies, Critical Theory, New Media and Art)
- Steffy Velosa (McGill University – Environmental Governance and Policy, Socio-Ecological Systems Research, Natural Resource Management)
- Elisabeth Viau (Polytechnique – Economic Development, Technological Transformation, Agricultural Economics, Quantitative Methods)
- Samara Wessel (University of Calgary – Counseling Psychology)